Compartment-case.



' PATENTED MAY 14, 1907. 1". N". GILBERT. OOMPARTMENT CASE. APPLICATION TILED APR. 16, 1906 2 sums-skim 1.

. INVENTOR @fl-W ATTORNEYS PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

F. N GILBERT. GOMPARTMENT CASE. I APPLICATION FILED APR.16, 1506 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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CQMPARTMENTq'CASE.

To all whom it may concern:

e it known that-1, FRANK N. GI BERT, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of 'Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compartment-Cases and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates. to improvements in compartment cases, and particularly to those that are adapted to beremovably secured to suit cases, trunks and the like.

3 The. invention comprises the production of a compartment case having suitable compartments therein and securing 'means formed on one side thereof for securing the case in position. It turther comprises the production .of

1 means for holding a compartment case in a suitcase or trunkin such manner as to be removedfrom the bodyLof the case Wh en'the 2f 25,

lid is opened; The ob ject'in view isth'e production of a compartment case that may be removably secured to any 'suitcase, trunk or the like, so

I that the same may be removed from :the

body of the casing and supported by the lid when the same is Opened." 1

With this and other objects, in view,' the parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed) v 9 r In the drawings Figure 1 is-a perspective view of a suit case in an opened position having my-invention applied thereto. Fig. Z-is a vertical section through a'suit case having my .invention securedthereto, part of-the case being broken away to better position the'figure on the drawing.- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of .Mmy invention removed tiveview of means. used tosu'pport part of form' of the supporting means shown in Fig. 4 Fig. 6 is a perspective view'of'a suit case from the suit case, theseeuring means being shown thereon. .4, is a detail, perspecmy-invention in lace. Fig. 5-is a modified in an' opened-pos'ition having a modified .form of my invention secured, therein. Fig.

7 is a vertical section through Fig. '6 on line 7 7. Fig 8 is a perspective viewofthe reanof my invention removed from the 'suit' case. .;--Fig. 9is a sectional viewfof the sup- 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 16,1906. Serial No. 311,997.

.straps'or securing means 4 and 5.

Patented May 14, 190 7.

porting foot used in my invention, and surrounding parts. Fig. 10 is a detail, perspective view of a supporting foot seen in Fig. 9.

1n the preferred embodiment of my inven tion, I provide a receptacle or case 1 having any suitable number of compartments 2.

The case 1 is mounted in any suitable traveling suit case or trunk, as 3 in such manner as to be raised from the body of the suit case when thelid is opened. The case'l isprovided on one side with any convenient number of The securing means 4 and 5 are arranged to have a number of openings 6 and 7, to accommodate'a securing strap 9, whichis secured to the cover of the suit case 3. .The case 1 on its upper edge is formed with a slot 10 approximately near the center of the same. 0n the opposite side to the slot 10 is another slotll formed in the'case 1 which accomm odates a supporting leg 12. Formed on the end of'the supporting leg 12 is a foot 13 which normally rests on.the' end 'of the suit -case 3, when the lid-is in its opened position. Secured to the foot 13 is an ear 14:, used to assist in removing the leg from its position in the slot 1 1. In Big. 5 'I have shown a slightly modified form of the ears, as 1414.

When it is desired to place the case 1 in a suit case 3, the usual'securing straps 9 and 15 1 of thesuit case'are unfastened andthe strap 9 is passed through one of the openings 6 and. 7 in'thesecuring means 4' and 5, and then are secured to the lower securing strap 15 by means of the usual buckle. The leg 12 is then placed in the aperture 1 1 and the case is allowed. to slide along the strap' g until'the foot 13 rests upon the end'of the case 3. When the case Bis closed the case 1. is supported at one endby the straps 9 and 15, and at the other by the leg- 12 which rests upon .the top of the main body 16 of the case 3. r

case 1 has formed therein .a slot 22 for 'ac cornmodatingthe. leg 17. This slotmay be I to formed in thebody portion of i the case 1 or may be formed from some material as leather,

5 when the case 1 is placed therein.

body 19 has been adjusted to its correct positi'on the bolt 18 is tightened by means of the I Inthis manner the ease l'is always held out of contact with the main ;body -portin or the like, and secured in place on the case 1. In either case it will be positioned as shown in Figs. 7 and 9. for accommodating 'theeleg 17' and bolt 18. In the form-0f leg, as

shown in Fi 10, I may either use the ears 20;.

use the single he case 1 is se-v distance from the case-1 to hold the same from the top of the body 16 of the case 3,

nut 24.

tion 16' of case 1, so that there will "be'no wear on the body portion 16: ,When' thelcase is closed the case 1 is sup opted by the straps 9 and? 15 at one end, and by the leg 1' 7 resting on the to part of the body port-ion 1 6.

- {What claim is '1 1. The combination with a suit case, of

straps secured to said suit case, a compar-t ment case, means secured to said compare nient case for securingsaid comp artmen-t case to said suit case, an adjustable member p0 sitioned at'thelower side of said eompartment case for holding the'same. in position and clamping means for holding said adjustable member in position,

2;Tl 1e combination with a suit ease, of' straps secured thereto and a compartment slidingly secured to said stra s, said compartment case comprising a ody portion,

means for securing said 'body portion to said su1t case, a reciprocating member secured to When the for holding said reciprocating member in position and means secured'tc said reciprocating member for operating the same.

3. The combination with ,a-"traveling receptacle, of a compartment case comprising a body portion, straps secured to theocover'of said traveling receptacle and means for holding said compartment case in the traveling receptacle, saidmeans comprising a series -of loops ada ted to engage said straps and a supporting eg fitted to one side of said compartment case for holding the same out of contact with-the body portion of the traveling receptacle when in an opened position.

4. The. combination with a suit case, of a compartment case, comprising a closure,

-means secured to'the-closu-re for engaging said straps, said means comprising longitudinally arranged loops secured to the rear wall of the compartment case, removable means attached to the lower side of the compartment case for holding the said compart-ment case in position, and means for securing thesaid removable means to said presence-of two Witnesses. I FRANKN. GILBERT.

Witnesses: I F. M. Fox,

/ JOSEPH P. MA GAN,

one side of said compartment case, a clamp.

- In testimony whereof I affix my signature straps secured to the cover of said suit case 

